Senior Consultant - AI SOC

As a Senior Consultant - Cyber Defense and Resilience, you will help deliver security engineering solutions that modernize client security operations across monitoring, detection, response, and automation. In this client-facing role, you will work directly with client stakeholders to design and implement solutions across security information and event management, security orchestration automation and response, telemetry, and artificial intelligence-enabled workflows. You will translate operational requirements into deployable capabilities that improve analyst efficiency, alert quality, and response speed.

Recruiting for this role ends on 06/30/2026.

Work you'll do

As a Senior Consultant - Cyber Defense and Resilience on the Cyber Defense & Resilience team, you will be responsible for:

• Designing and implementing security operations solutions across security information and event management, security orchestration automation and response, telemetry, detection, and response platforms
• Developing integrations, automation playbooks, and data pipelines that support ingestion, enrichment, triage, investigation, and response workflows
• Collaborating with security operations center analysts, threat hunters, and client stakeholders to prioritize, test, and tune detection content and operational processes
• Translating security operations requirements into technical designs, deployment plans, and production-ready engineering solutions
• Supporting embedded client delivery by leading day-to-day workstream execution, documenting outcomes, and contributing reusable assets and implementation patterns

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

Deloitte’s Cyber Defense & Resilience team helps clients transform security operations through improved monitoring, detection engineering, automation, analytics, and threat-informed response. The team works with organizations to build scalable operational capabilities across enterprise and cloud environments while improving resilience across the cyber lifecycle.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 6+ years of experience in security operations, detection engineering, security engineering, or enterprise cyber defense
• Experience designing, implementing, or optimizing security information and event management, security orchestration automation and response, detection, telemetry, or response workflows across enterprise security platforms
• Experience building and maintaining integrations, automations, or engineering workflows using Python or a similar scripting language
• Experience working directly with clients or internal stakeholders to translate operational requirements into technical solutions
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:

• Experience across multiple security platforms such as security information and event management, security orchestration automation and response, extended detection and response, endpoint detection and response, threat intelligence, or case management tools
• Experience with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, including security telemetry and cloud-native security services
• Experience with threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence, or purple team collaboration
• Experience with data pipeline, observability, event-driven, or workflow orchestration technologies
• Experience applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, or large language model workflows to security operations
• Relevant industry certifications such as Security+, Global Information Assurance Certification Security Essentials, Global Information Assurance Certification Certified Intrusion Analyst, Global Information Assurance Certification Certified Incident Handler, Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Cloud Security Professional, Splunk, or cloud security certifications

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is [INSERT WAGE RANGE - SENIOR CONSULTANT].

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.